4.3 Major Physical and Biological Science Ph.D.-

Granting Universities, 1920–1974,

Rank	University	Physical Sciences	Biological Sciences	Total
1	Wisconsin	2778	2918	5696
2	UCal/Berkeley	3136	2483	5619
3	Illinois	3388	1786	5174
4	Cornell	1953	2137	4090
5	Harvard	2465	1306	3771
6	Chicago	2204	1444	3648
7	Ohio State	2137	1363	3500
8	M.I.T.	3102	362	3464
9	Columbia*	2380	974	3354
9	Michigan	1865	1489	3354
11	Minnesota	1304	1800	3104
12	Yale	1811	949	2760

*Columbia ranked 6^th in the production of Ph.D.s in the physical sciences; 14^th in the

biological sciences. 

Source: Lindsey R. Harmon, ed., A Century of Doctorates (Washington: National Academy

of Sciences, 1978), Table 45a.